Just linking to my Twitter (go there to see the full list of what’s available) - my partner and I are moving again soon and we are either selling this stuff or throwing it out. We will take best offer on stuff, but it’s up to the buyer to handle shipping and fees. Might add more later as we continue going through our stuff.

ayo peeps! this is my first post on here. so, i wanted to discuss creepy, obsessive fans... annoying fans... everything of that ! recently i discovered a annoying and oblivious fan, who keeps claiming ruki as her husband (despite him saying before he does NOT wish to marry.) earlier i tried pointing out her problems and attempting to get her to stop as her statements claiming to be ruki’s wife are FALSE. she sends Ruki selfies daily, via Instagram. she also apparently comments inappropriate things in his posts? she photoshops her with him. she blocked me lol. have you guys ever dealt with fans like this? these types of fans are what make is foreign fans look like shit. can y’all share you opinions and stories with other people like this?

Hey bought this stuff years ago when I was heavily into the gazette, I'm currently selling it on ebay. If anyone is interested. Its in great condition considering its 13 years old.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/123800200473?ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F0%2F0%2F0%3Fmpre%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.co.uk%252Fulk%252Fitm%252F123800200473%26rvr_id%3D0%26rvr_ts%3D60bd293e16b0a9cd9fa08a40ffe3882c

The Gazette have announced that they will hold their tour final at Yokohama Arena on 2019.09.23
This is the important info taken from their Facebook page!
■the GazettE LIVE TOUR18-19 THE NINTH TOUR FINAL 「第九」
September 23rd. Monday
YOKOHAMA ARENA
OPEN17:00 / START18:00
[TICKET INFORMATION]
All tickets are for seated Advance ¥8,000 / Door ¥8,500 (tax included)
※Ticket are required for age 3 and older.
[TICKETS ON GENERAL SALE]
Available on August 24th(Sat), 2019
More info is available here: http://the-gazette.com/tour18-19_the_ninth_final/

https://www.amazon.com/Fashion-Disruption-Principle-Paperback-Common/dp/B00FGVYL3K
Saw this on Amazon, not sure what's in it though, just thought it is fascinating
It doesn't look like him, maybe some random white guy?

Hello guys!
These are some of my valuable collections that I am parting for a reasonable price.
Most of the items can be found at tumblr > vkei-en-sales.tumblr.com (most updated)
If you're interested in our FB page too, you can feel free to like and share to your friends! ^^ https://www.facebook.com/vkei.en.sales/ We include artists like:
the GazettE, MEJIBRAY, Nocturnal Bloodlust, Diaura, Arurukan(Arlequin/アルルカン), Royz, Gotcharocka, Acid Black Cherry, L'arc~en~Ciel, Lycaon, Called Plan, ACE, alice nine. etc
We will be updating regularly these days so it would be nice if you subscribe to us!
You can comment here or email us at vkei.en.sales@gmail.com if you want to place orders!
Items are all uploaded with images! FREE PAPERS/FLYERS if you purchase above USD50 & reblog this post: HERE *****RARE CDs*****
MEJIBRAY - トロシナ-Live Limited- **RARE** (SEALED)
Price: Open to offer!
DIAURA - 自壊 -Live Distributed- 2013.12.29 **RARE**
Price: Open to offer!
============================================================ *****CHEKIS*****
[SOLD] Arurukan (Nao & Shohei) @ USD17 for 2 [/SOLD]
[SOLD] Subaru @ USD7 each (all 9 for USD60) [/SOLD]
Tomoya @ USD5 each (all 3 for USD12.50)
Koudai @ USD7
*****TRADECARDS***** [SOLD]Subaru @ USD3 each [/SOLD] [SOLD] Tomoya @ USD1.50 [/SOLD]
***Purchase USD35 worth of cheki/tradecards of Royz to get a Free Royz cheki folder (85% new) - 2 available!***
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エース / ACE Nimo Cheki w/ signature
USD5 each (all for USD17)
少年記 Nao w/ signature
USD5
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#01: We ship world-wide, from Hong Kong.
#02: All Prices are in USD w/o shipping and Paypal 5% charge.(w/ Tracking by default unless its light items and requested)
#03: If items are lost or damaged during shipping, we are not responsible.
#04: All items are relatively new, mostly they are only opened once!
#05: If you want to reserve items please note that at least 25% deposit of the total price is required.
MORE INFORMATION: HERE

Hi! I am living near Moscow, Russia and will be visiting Warsaw and Wrocław in August. Reason to sell: I barely have any time to listen to CDs or watch DVDs and they are just lying on the shelf with no purpose, while there are people who might use them. I also would like to sell them as fast as possible, so price is the subject of discussion.
Photos of items on imgur: https://imgur.com/gallery/PXLN4
Note: Versailles 2CD+DVD contains a big poster that was never opened. I actually bought it for a friend, but she couldn't buy it from me, so it's lying on a shelf ever since. Plastic Tree 2DVD contains a t-shirt. I tried in on once, then washed and never did it again, since it doesn't fit me.

the GazettE just announced that they'll be performing at YOYOGI to celebrate their 15th anniversary on March 10, 2017.
Special website
http://the-gazette.com/15/0310/
Edit: I'll be in Tokyo then... anyone else planning to try to get a ticket as well?

Hello dear monochrome heaven community
I'm a Japanese studies student and I am planning to write my seminary paper about Visual Kei this semester. To be concrete, I would like to analyze modern Visual kei lyrics (language and contents) and thought about analyzing them according to subgenres and take e.g 5 bands per sub-genre. Now my problem is that there are so many especially recent bands where I don't know which subgenre they belong to and also, there are so many subgenres and everyone writes about them a bit differently.
The ones I found out in a Japanese master thesis and in the internet are:
1) Kote-kei (90's bands, so I probably won't need that one as I'm focusing on modern VK)
2) Oshare-kei (I guess the samples explain it)
An Cafe, LM.C, SuG, Kra
3) Koteosu-kei (mix of Kote kei and oshare kei)
Bands: the Gazette, Nightmare
4) Sofubi-kei (natural make-up, softer music that is catchy and easy to listen to)
Alice Nine, Vivid, SID (late era)
5) O-tanbi-kei (Influenced by the renaissance in Europe)
Versailles, Misaruka, D, Kaya
6) O-warai-kei (I guess the examples explain what this subgenre is like)
Golden Bomber, this is a Pen
7) Wafuu-kei (costumes & setting traditionally Japanese, also using typically Japanese instruments)
Kagrra, Kiryu, Zin, Memento Mori, Orochi
8 ) Angura kei (also traditional Japanese setting& costume but usually very dark)
MUCC, cali gari, guruguru eigakan, Plastic tree, heidi, Waggakki band
sub-sub genres: misshitsu-kei, chikashitsu-kei, shironuri kei, eroguro kei, showa kayou kei
9) Kirakira/host-kei
The Sherry
10) Nagoya-kei
Avel Cain, Deathgaze
So if anyone knows any more bands for one of these subgenres it would be very helpful to me Mainly bands formed after 2000~ would be great as I want to focus on modern Visual Kei.
Also, as I mentioned, there are some bands I would really incorporate into my paper but I'm not sure to which subgenre I could add them.
Dadaroma, Scapegoat, Mejibray, Killaneth, Balalaika, Grieva, DIO, Kuroyuri to kage etc- which subgenre might darker bands like this belong to?
Or recent bands like Clowd, Belle, Gigamous, Chanty, Staa-ku, Pentagon, Sibile-bashir (probably o-warai-kei though) or Anfiel (maybe kirakira kei?)- I have no idea where I could add these ones.
Or R-shitei, Royz, the Raid, Sick2, Purple Stone, Screw, Black Line, the Lotus, Fest Vanqueur, Neverland, Gossip, Blaive, Initial L/Lycaon, HERO, Astaria, BORN, Diaura, ViV etc etc
So if anyone knows something more about one of these subgenres, or just knows any band to add to one of these (doesn't have to be one of the ones I mentioned) or could guess where one of the band mentioned above might belong to- any little comment would be helpful I hope I posted this in the right category of the forum, please tell me if not or if a post like this is unapproprite (>///<)
Thank you very much in advance

Hello
I am selling big parts of my whole CDs and DVDs. I already added some stuff on my ebay account, more is coming soon.
In total i will be selling many stuff, also some item that are out of print. So stay tune for more coming soon.
I live in italy and will be shipping also from there. If you have other questions please feel free to ask.
Here is the link of my shop: http://www.ebay.it/sch/widmit2015/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
thanks in advance

1. UNDYING -
This song didn't really give me a deep impression until reading the lyrics which Ruki wrote.
At first listen, it sounded like the GazettE were trying hard to be heavy and dark but in a good way. Then I had the impression they were trying to put lots of dark and anger elements in one song - the screams, melodic choruses, piano breakdown which gave the song an eerie sadness feeling.
At first line of the lyrics, I realized that this song is a sequel to OMINOUS from their album DOGMA. What Ruki wrote was really heavy, deep, angry, and dark. The line which gave me the most impact was "許されぬ願いに夢を見た", which I can only roughly translate as "Saw my impermissible wish in a dream", because I often dreamt of dreams that I wasn't able to accomplish myself.
2. MALUM -
The meaning of this song matches quite well with the music. It's full of anger and hate because the first person character in the lyrics wanted revenge to someone who killed a girl (probably lover) close to him (or maybe her). However, despite of all the hate, Ruki wrote well in the last lines, saying that killing someone back was just emptiness no matter where you went and the reason to live also became was to revenge. This actually reminds me of the morality topic which was raised by several authors in Japan these years, which was about if imprisonment and death penalty was really enough for paying back the death of victims of murderers. (off-topic: Japanese author 東野圭吾 (Higashino Keigo)'s book "虚ろな十字架(Uturonajuuzika)" nailed the topic's contradiction well in his book.)
3. VACANT -
This song, as with the lyrics, is less heavy than the other songs in the single. I interpreted that the lyrics of the song was about the emptiness left from a broken relationship. The melody and Ruki's voice flows well throughout the whole song, and the guitar solo gave a sad atmosphere....but that's it. I guess it's a safe song to put into the single as B side.
Overall:
It's actually been some time since I really tried to delve into Ruki's lyrics and I'm glad I did. It just added lots of meaning and fun while listening to the music.
But then, I'm personally getting a bit tired of their dark music campaign which has gone to a bit elitist feel and I really miss the old, fun Gazetto times.
Music and lyrics-wise, the is a decent single.